Definition of Colloquially

1. Adverb. With the use of colloquial expressions. "This building is colloquially referred to as The Barn"


Definition of Colloquially

1. Adverb. In a colloquial manner. ¹

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Definition of Colloquially

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Colloquially

collophores
collops
colloq
colloque
colloques
colloquia
colloquialism
colloquialisms
colloquialities
colloquiality
colloquialize
colloquialized
colloquializes
colloquializing
colloquially
colloquialness
colloquials
colloquies
colloquist
colloquists
colloquium
colloquiums
colloquize
colloquy
collor
collosol
collosols
collotype
collotype printing

Literary usage of Colloquially

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"Hence the term is olien used colloquially as a designation of prohibitory laws in general, as one would say, " Kansas, or Iowa, has adopted a ' Maine' law. ..."

2. The Methodist Church Property Case: Report of the Suit of Henry Bascom, and by R. Sutton (1851)
"There had been some exceptions, some of what we may colloquially call " flare-ups," here and there, and had met, not the'break- water of the Baltimore ..."

3. A Collection of College Words and Customs by Benjamin Homer Hall (1859)
"one more expressive than this, or that so easily conveys its meaning merely by its sound. It is mostly used colloquially. 2. A foppish young fellow; ..."

4. Who's who in Pennsylvania: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporaries by John William Leonard (1908)
"He received a collegiate education in Hungary, learned Latin colloquially as a child, and received the degrees of Litt.D. and Ph.D. from Hungarian colleges. ..."

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